Love Story
He roused her from the deep sleep
she was trying hard not to wake from,
wanting to convince her she wasn't dreaming
and he promised never to leave her again.
Then he stretched himself over her
like a quilt of many colours
and she spread herself beneath him
wrapping him around her,
wishing winter snows would fall
on all other seasons.
He told her he would climb
barefoot and naked
to the top of the highest mountain,
just to prove his love for her
and promised this wasn't all a dream.
But she didn't believe him;
not until she heard the stars telling the moon
what they had witnessed.
© Christine Magee
